Car-coupling



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ABSALOM BEANS, OF ROSCOE TOWNSEIIP,DAVIS COUNTY, IOWA.

4SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 269,165, dated December 19, 1882.

Application led May 9, 1882.

To atl whom fit may concern l Be it known that 1, AEsALoM BEANS, of ltoscoe township, in the county ot' Davis, and in the State ot' Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in.GaI-Couplings; and l do hereby declare that the followiup, is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', `reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, making apart of this specilication. l

t This invention has for its object to provide a car-coupler in which both the links and coupling-pin will be dispensed with, and which I5 will automatically couple when the cars are brought together and can be nncoupled without passing between the cars, as more fully hereinafter specified. These objects I attain by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawing, which represents a .view, partly in side elevation and partly in section, of myimproved car-coupler.

^ The letter A indicates one of the drawheads of a car, which is provided with an extension, B, having a ball, (l, at its extremity.

A The letter, D indicates the draw-head of the opposite car, which is constructed of two parts, `hinged togetherat E, and provided with a recess, F,for the ball ofthe first-mentioned drawhead. The draw-head l) is. provided witha Haring mouth, G, and a narrow throat, H, leading to the recess F.

The letter I indicates a dat spring, secured to one portion of the draw-head D, its free end bearing against the other portion in such manner as to hold the two parts together norseparated when the ball enters, and when fully entered close upon the ball and couple the cars.

mally, but permits them to be automatically therein, when the parts close. To unoouple y the cars the lever is operated to elevate the t spring, releasing its pressure upolrthe drawhead and permitting the ball to pull out.'

Having thus described my invention, what- I claim, and desire to secure by- Letters Patent,

In combination with the draw-head D, constructed in two parts, and the spring 1 for holding the upper part in normal position, the lever M, pivoted to the upper side of the drawhead, and the link N, connecting the said lever to the spring, substantially as and for 'the purposes specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature,v

in presence of two witnesses, this 17th day of April, 1882.

ABSALOM BEANS.

Witnesses: ONIAS HALE, J oHN KiTTLE. 

